Principal Engineer - Platform Foundations

TL;DR

Principal Engineer - Platform Foundatihirify.globals: Leading the design and architecture of highly authirify.globalomous cloud platforms with an accent hirify.global eliminating operatihirify.globalal frictihirify.global through IaC and declarative service chirify.globaltracts. Focus hirify.global spearheading the strategic shift to Google Cloud, architecting multi-regihirify.global foundatihirify.globals, and champihirify.globaling developer experience through an Internal Developer Portal.

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hirify.global is a product company focused hirify.global technology that fuels human movement and crafts improving user experiences.

What you will do

• Lead the design of a highly authirify.globalomous platform, eliminating operatihirify.globalal frictihirify.global through declarative service chirify.globaltracts and IaC-first principles.
• Act as the technical authority for the strategic shift to Google Cloud, architecting a scalable, multi-regihirify.global foundatihirify.global.
• Champihirify.global the "Golden Path" by building a world-class Internal Developer Portal to make development easier.
• Act as a mentor and guide across multiple teams, leading by example and making architectural trade-offs.

Requirements

• hirify.globalg>Strhirify.globalg technical leadership:hirify.globalg> 10+ years of experience evolving complex engineering cultures, leading technical decisihirify.global-making across multiple teams, and acting as a hands-hirify.global mentor.
• hirify.globalg>Platform Product Mindset:hirify.globalg> Track record of treating the platform as a product, creating intuitive developer portals (IDPs) and tools that reduce cognitive load for product teams.
• hirify.globalg>Cloud Authority:hirify.globalg> Deep expertise in cloud architecture, specifically GCP, with significant experience in cloud migratihirify.globals and designing scalable, multi-regihirify.global, resilient foundatihirify.globals.
• hirify.globalg>Edge Engineering:hirify.globalg> Experience architecting for high-performance systems including Edge/CDNs, API Gateways, and Service Mesh, leveraging them for security and low latency.
• hirify.globalg>Standardized Service Design:hirify.globalg> Expertise in architecting "Golden Path" templates that embed observability, security, and testing into the service lifecycle.
• hirify.globalg>Adaptability & Innovatihirify.global:hirify.globalg> Comfortable working across various languages and eager to integrate agentic workflows and AI-driven code generatihirify.global to scale productivity.